Workplace Review Site Great Rated!™ Reveals Top 20 Retail Companies to Work For

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 19, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- With Black Friday and the holidays around the corner, the end- of-the-year hiring wave is about to begin. While retailers are looking to add extra qualified hands to fulfill customer needs, many job seekers may be looking for an opportunity to turn short-term seasonal work into a long-term career. Great Place to Work®'s Great Rated!™ today released a list of the top 20 retail workplaces, informing job seekers and consumers alike about which retailers have the happiest employees. With all rankings decided by employees themselves, Customlnk, Build-a-Bear and QuikTrip Corporation took the top spots of the larger companies being recognized. Pro Athlete, Inc., Room & Board and Etsy are among winners for small and medium companies.

"With the continuing evolution of the shopping experience both at online and at brick-and-mortar retailers, brands are now hiring for an unprecedented range of positions within their ever-changing companies," says Kim Peters, CEO of Great Rated!™. "Retailers that offer great workplaces understand that happy employees mean happy customers, and increased sales. With so many different retailers to choose from, it can be challenging for people to find a workplace that is a good fit for them – especially when it comes to workplace culture. That's why Great Rated!™ offers  job hunters the ultimate opportunity to evaluate what kind of retailer they want to work for."

The 20 winning companies were selected based on the average scores of nearly 20,000 employees who were surveyed using the Trust Index^©, Great Place to Work®'s employee assessment survey. Great Rated!™ People's Picks: 20 Great Workplaces in Retail marks the second published list since the official launch of Great Rated!™, the site that gives job seekers the inside scoop on companies and their cultures. The ranking includes the 15 companies with the highest total scores among large companies with 1,000 or more employees and the five companies with the highest total scores among small and medium-sized companies with fewer than 1,000 employees.

"When answering the question 'which retail company is best to work for?', many factors come into play such as flexibility, organization value and culture, and career advancement," says China Gorman, Global CEO of Great Place to Work®. "While what makes a company a great place to work may vary, we saw that within all of the winning organizations, high levels of trust and pride were crucial. A sense of belonging goes a long way."

The full list of companies is as follows:

Large Retail Companies                                               

Small and Medium Companies

About Great Rated!™
While organizations look to recruit and hire the right candidate, job seekers are equally interested in finding the right position at the right company. That's why Great Rated!™ —the new survey-based workplace review website—from Great Place to Work® uses data and insights for a true picture of the workplace and elevates the hiring experience.  Great Rated! organizations are serious about creating great workplaces, comfortable with transparency and interested in sharing the unique aspects treasured by employees.

About Great Place to Work®
Great Place to Work® is the global authority on high-trust, high-performance workplace cultures. Through proprietary assessment tools, advisory services, and employer branding programs, including Best Companies lists and workplace reviews, Great Place to Work® provides the benchmarks, framework, and expertise needed to create, sustain, and recognize outstanding workplace cultures. Great Place to Work®'s Trust Index^©, a 58-question employee survey that measures trust, is used around the world to help companies increase the levels of trust across their organizations and improve business results. Annually, Great Place to Work^® produces the annual FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For^® list and the Great Place to Work^® Best Small and Medium Workplaces list.  Follow Great Place to Work^® online at www.greatplacetowork.com and on Twitter at @GPTW_US.

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